Code Injection in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2024-29944
Published: March 22, 2024 / Updated: June 17, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU87736
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-29944
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can send trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, inject an event handler into a privileged object and execute arbitrary JavaScript on the system within the parent process.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow remote code execution.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-29944
Install updates from vendor's website.